down to the city where the desperate people go.
Repeat changes above for these lyrics:
Am7Am6Am(#5)Am
And Mama -- don't you let them stray;
Am7Am6Am(#5)Am
They won't find peace of mind in such a lonely place.
SECTION B
DmG

E

11p03

11p033/5\3

B

333

3333/5\3

G

220

2200

D

00

000

A

2

22

E

3

33

Wannabes and losers all try to get a break . . .

CFGDm

E

01

31

B

11

33

G

02

02

D

23

00

A

33

20h3p0

E

1

3

They don't give a damn, they'll do whatever it takes.
DmG

E

11p03

B

333

G

220

D

00

A

2

E

3

If they climb the ladder they get to
EmF

E

01

B

01

G

02

D

23

A

23

E

01

play for higher stakes; that's why there's
CA#FA#FG

E

0x

1x13

B

13

1313

G

03

2320

D

23

3330

A

31

3132

E

113

low life in high places.
Then repeat from SECTION A with these lyrics:
Am7Am6Am(#5)Am
Mama -- things have changed since you were young;
Am7Am6Am(#5)Am
When they scream in the dead of night now no one ever comes.
Am7Am6Am(#5)Am
And the poor man, he's cast as the beggar and the thief;
Am7Am6Am(#5)Am
You see him down on the street begging for enough to eat.
Then to SECTION B:
DmGDmG
Waiting on the corner I saw her waiting for the man;
CFGDm
When the limo pulled up I saw what was changing hands.
DmGEmF
I should'a tried to warn her and make her understand there is
CA#F
Low life in high places. There is
(proceed right into:)
SECTION C:
FGAm

E

13

0

B

13

1

G

20

2

D

30

2

A

32

0

E

13

Low life like you never even knew; there is
FGD7sus4D7D7(9)D7

E

13

3202

B

13

1111

G

20

2222

D

30

0000

A

32

E

13

low life, and he lives in me and you; but we
D7sus4G

E

33

B

13

G

20

D

00

A

2

E

3

Gostraightinto...

don't all let it through

SECTION D: (Repeat 2-Bar phrase as necessary for solo)

A7(11)D

E

3

2

B

3

3

G

2

2

D

2

0

A

0

E

ThenbacktoSECT

ONB

DmGDmG
Waiting on the corner I saw her waiting for the man;
CFGDm
When the limo pulled up I saw what was changing hands.
DmGEmF
I should'a tried to warn her and make her understand . . .